H

In East Cree, H sounds like [ h ], and also sometimes like [ ç ] or [ ɦ ]. In East Cree, [ h ] can occur immediately before another consonant, and at the end of a word. In contrast, the [ h ] sound never occurs in these positions in English.

H after tense vowels

Sometimes it is hard to hear the [ h ] sound in East Cree, and sometimes it is not pronounced, even though an H appears in the spelling. For example, the letter H can be silent or hard to hear after the tense vowels II, UU, E, and AA.

No H in the spelling

Finally, in Northern East Cree, sometimes you can hear an [ h ] sound where there is no H in the spelling. (In newer spelling this [ h ] sound is sometimes written). For example, there is an [ h ] sound between the first and second words in this example.